Jessica’s advocacy stems from the belief that classical music must be innovative, relevant, and accessible to everyone.

Jessica’s advocacy for musicians and the arts comes from the belief that classical music must be relevant and accessible to everyone. She has been a frequent guest speaker, presenter, and panelist at the Sphinx Conference, Lincoln Center Conference Curriculum for Change, Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival, the League of American Orchestras Conference and Essentials of Orchestra Management, OPERA America’s Leadership Intensive, Changing the Narrative: Young Professionals Leadership Development Program, the International Conference of Symphonic and Opera Musicians (ICSOM), the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Center for Innovative Leadership, and the Wagner Society, where she brings her passion for career readiness, change leadership, innovation, design thinking, collaboration, and social impact in support of the future of the performing arts.

Jessica completed her Executive MBA in Arts Innovation from the Global Leaders Institute in 2023. She holds certificates from Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation in Negotiation and Leadership, NYU’s School of Professional Studies in Nonprofit Arts Management, and Cornell University in Labor Relations. She was a member of the 2022 cohort of The League of American Orchestra’s program on Essentials of Orchestra Management, and the 2021 cohort of OPERA America’s Leadership Intensive.

Jessica currently serves on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music and in collaboration with the Global Leaders Institute, she is Faculty Co-Lead for the Concert Artist Guild’s Community Impact Project Incubator, where she brings her passion and knowledge of music education and career readiness, innovation, design thinking, collaboration, and social impact in support of the next generation of musicians and the future of the Arts.

Experienced in nonprofit management, labor relations, communications, and strategic planning, Jessica focuses on strategic public relations, education, and the power of the arts to forge deeper connections. She cut her teeth as Chair of the MET Orchestra Committee where she led two negotiations in 2014 and 2018, which produced creative, often paradigm-shifting solutions to complex issues. In 2023, she served on the AFM Steering Committee for the AMPTP negotiations.

She has served on the Governing Board of ICSOM (International Conference of Symphonic and Opera Musicians) and the Executive Board of Local 802 American Federation of Musicians in New York City, and the board of The Field, a nonprofit organization that seeks to disrupt the scarcity mindset for artists and endeavors to empower and elevate artists of all disciplines, backgrounds, and career stages to achieve prosperity.

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